Imperial Japan Punishment

By the 10th Century BC, hanging, drowning, boiling, and burning, were added as ways for punishing simple crimes, or even for actions that today would not be considered crimes.

“Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood”, is an extremely valuable novel. The novel, written by Richard E. Kim, focuses on a young Korean boy who lives during the Japanese colonization before World War II. Korea itself was under Japanese rule from 1910 until Japan surrendered in August of 1945. The way the Japanese colonized the Koreans was ruthless; not only did they drive fear into their hearts through physical threats, they also struck fear by manipulating their culture, their educational system, and using psychological threats to really put the Koreans under their thumb. The Japanese did not just colonize the Korean people; they began to turn them into another sect of the Japanese race. They took the Korean’s names, their religion, their language, they took their entire culture away and forced them to accept the Japanese way of life in hopes that they would not fight back, and that they would be completely under control in the Japanese rulers. They were successful too, as their reign lasted more than a few decades. “Lost Names: Scenes From a Korean Boyhood”, details that time in Korean history on a very personal and intimate level, and shows how terrifying colonization can be, in regards to the emotional and cultural condemnation by the Japanese people on the Koreans. The quote that is used in the third question prompt, “the real force of colonization comes not through physical coercion, but

Life in North Korea’s high contrast with life in the United States is marked by nonexistent personal freedoms and harsh punishments. One example of restricted freedom in shown in their leader, Kim Jong-un. He, who they address as Dear Leader, is treated like

Sakhalin Koreans were fed up of suffering from extreme working condition and inhospitable climate, the civilian repatriation movement had appeared and it gradually evolved to a government-led movement to release the freedom of these Sakhalin Koreans. In my point of view, I deem this repatriation movement as a sign of the rising international status of South Korea.

This quote is saying that in the past North Korea had a social class system similar to the Indian Caste System. People at the very bottom were treated very harshly. Some lived in Labor camps where all day you would do tasks such as construction, tilling the fields, and moving packages. In the camps you were served very little food mostly consisting of soybeans, and if you're lucky cornmeal. Many of these people in the camps were people who had been caught doing things, such as trying to escape the country and other crimes. Not only did “criminals” stay in labor camps, but also prisoners of the Korean War. Inside the camp people would be killed for stealing food and trying to escape. After, a long day of work the prisoners went back

Shin Dong-Hyuk’s earliest memory was of the sound of gunshots and an execution. Underneath Shin Dong-Hyuk’s clothes, he bears numerous burn scars on his lower body from being held over a fire, dangling by a hook. This was after his mother and brother were caught trying to escape Camp 14 in North Korea. There was no such thing as love or mercy in the world Shin was born into. His mother was publicly hung and his brother was shot by the firing squad. As Shin watched his mother die, he felt no remorse. She deserved it and with her gone there was less competition for food. He could receive a bit more of a scarce helping of corn grown from the homemade fertilizer straight from the prisoners into the ground. This was the place Shin Dong-Hyuk called home. This is only one story from the few escapees out of the 80,000-120,000 inmates believed to still live in the prison camps. X

Japan imperialize Korea from 1910 to 1945. During this time, Japan was very harsh and Koreans were not treated fairly. In a article it states that “Korean labor was what was needed and Japanese got just that”(Large, Stephen S). Korean woman worked in factories and most Koreans who were in the military would die first. Japan ruled directly by military and Koreans “were under supervision of the army”(Beasley, W.G) so when they disagreed with anything, they would be quickly punished or even killed. The colony was affected a lot by this imperialism. Japan was “affected by three aspects of national life: security, economy, and its society, and culture and imperialism Korea did not cause fundamental change just modified them”(Large, Stephen S.). This is meaning that by imperialising Korea its helping out Japan become more modernized but while doing this it's destroying Korea physically, and mentally. In a article from a student at

In chapter 4, Hazel Smith illustrate how wartime influenced on the state and party building in North Korea. As South Korea estimated that North Korea lost a half of its population, the damage by Korean War was extensive (Smith, 97). Through the war, however, North Korea seemed to give Party authority so that they could function as decision maker. In addition, Kim Il Sung’s authority was also uniquely strong. His leader authority, mass mobilization, and policy of self-reliance were important elements of the North Korean post-war state. As she says in chapter 5, children were supposed to learn about Kim Il Sung (Smith, 123). Moreover, North Korean people were not allowed to have international publication (Smith, 126). These Smith’s explanations

Another thing I learned about North Korea is the collective punishment. The way the government tortures their citizens and the rules and laws that govern the country. I learned about the "three generations of punishment". Like I stated earlier, a person is sent to the camp along with that person 's whole family and two succeeding generations of family members would be born in the camp and live their entire lives there. Therefore, once someone is convicted of a crime, his or her entire family can be unfairly seized and held captive in the camps solely based on their family ties. The idea

If anyone goes against the leadership in North Korea the whole family and generations after them are punished. In North Korea, if a relative is persecuted for “anti-state” or “anti-socialist” crimes, then the family and three generations of the family can be punished for it. The aim is to remove from society the whole family unit to prevent any dissent from emerging in the future, and also to deter martyrs who might sacrifice themselves for a political cause, but would not want to sacrifice their whole family. (Liberty in North Korea) Many people change their minds about rebelling because they do not want to put their families at

“Three Generations Of Punishment”, a 60 Minutes interview conducted by Anderson Cooper, is a thought provoking look inside North Korea’s political work camps. In this interview, we speak to Shin Dong-hyuk, former resident, and escapee of one of said concentration camps, Camp 14. One hundred and fifty thousand people inhabit Camp 14, which lies fifty miles outside of the city of Pyongyang. This camp, as well as many others, follow the ‘Three Generations of Punishment’ policy institutionalized by former leader of North Korea, Kim Il-Sung. This law decrees that if someone commits a political wrongdoing, he, and the two generations after him, will live in work camps for their whole lives as a form of punishment. Kim Il-Sung put this system

The cruel and unruly torture that is done to the prisoners in North Korean concentration camps, are a reminder of the horrors that occurred during the holocaust by the Nazis and other Axis power. In these North Korean prison camps many prisoners die because of mistreatment, and lack of supplies; The United States and South Korea have estimated around 200,000 people imprisoned within many of these North Korean concentration camps. There is also an estimated 400,000 people who have died in these concentration camps from torture, starvation, and execution. North Korea’s Regime which controls all governmental aspects of North Korea created concentration camps for political prisoners and the family member of the political prisoners who have

Death penalty was the common punishment for crime. A penalty that today requires you to pay a fine was more severe in the past, it punishment might vary from burning on a stick, tongue cut off, or sold to slavery was the means of correction.

Along with this, severe limitations for international travel were put into place. North Korean society faced widening divides amongst the rights of various segments of society. Emphasizing this, the regime introduced the ‘Songbun' system, which is still in place today. Under this system, the regime organizes the people into a social caste structure based on the perception of loyalty to the government. The Kim regime silenced anyone who opposed the system. Free speech became punishable by an arrange of options, beginning at imprisonment and graduating to execution. “Even worse, when someone was arrested, up to three generations of their family would be sent to political prison camps.”

The main instance when Japan influenced Korea was during the Japanese occupation (annexation) of Korea after the First World War until the end of the